Gözde Tutku Turgut Özkan, M.D. Genetic Examination Appointment Online Appointment Appointment Request Nearest Appointment All Hours Let Us Call You Nearest Appointment All Hours Let Us Call You She completed the Medical Genetics residency training at Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 2022. As part of her research project on the genetic basis of congenital contractures, the association between the USP14 gene and a lethal contracture phenotype was described for the first time in the literature (Turgut et al., 2022). Worked as a specialist physician in the National Newborn Spinal Muscular Atrophy Screening Program between 2022 and 2025. Served as a visiting lecturer in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Gebze Technical University during the 2023–2024 academic year. As of May 2025, working as a Medical Genetics specialist at Koç University Hospital. Principal areas of clinical interest: Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) / Multiple congenital contractures (MCC) Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Prenatal genetic diagnosis, fetal pathology Molecular syndromology Dysmorphology EDUCATION / TRAINING Education Institution Year Medical Genetics Residency Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 2018 - 2022 Medical Education Trakya University Faculty of Medicine 2011 - 2017 CAREER Title Institution Year Medical Genetics Specialist Koç University Hospital 2025 - Present Medical Genetics Specialist Istanbul Public Health Laboratory No. 1, Newborn screening program for Spinal Muscular Atrophy 2022 - 2025 Lecturer Gebze Technical University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Undergraduate Program 2023 - 2024 Resident Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 2018 - 2022 Medical Practitioner Arhavi municipal hospital, ER, Artvin 2017 - 2018